Although Microsoft did not invent BASIC, their founding product was a BASIC interpreter for the Altair computer. The descendants below includes Microsoft's BASIC-80 (MBASIC), BASIC-86 (pre-GWBasic), BASIC for Mac, BASIC Compiler 86/88, Basic Compiler for Mac, and Professional Development System 7.x. IBM Personal Computer Basic Compiler, GW-BASIC, QuickBasic, and Visual Basic are listed separately.
Download name | Version | Language | Architecture | File size | Downloads |
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Microsoft BASIC-80 4.3 [IMSIA] [CPM-80] (8-inch) | -80 4.3 [IMSIA] [CPM-80] | English | 56.92KB | 0 | |
Microsoft BASIC-80 5.0 Manual | -80 5.0 | English | 2.35MB | 0 | |
Microsoft BASIC-80 5.21 (7-28-1981) [CPM-80] | -80 5.21 (7-28-1981) [CPM-80] | English | 18.3KB | 0 | |
Microsoft BASIC-80 5.22 (3-19-1982) [Zenith Z-100] [CPM-80] (5.25) | 5.22 (3-19-1982) [Zenith Z-100] [CPM-80] | English | 19.1KB | 0 | |
Microsoft BASIC-80 5.26 (10-27-1983) [Alphatronic] [CPM-80] (5.25) | -80 5.26 (10-27-1983) [Alphatronic] | English | 74.48KB | 0 | |
Microsoft BASIC-80 Example Games [IMSIA] [CPM-80] (8-inch) | [IMSIA] [CPM-80] | English | 146.84KB | 0 | |
Microsoft Basic-80 5.2 Source | -80 5.2 Source | English | 178.05KB | 1 |